The results of generalization of experimental data on the thermal diffusion factor α T of hydrogen-containing gaseous mixtures within the framework of similarity theory have been given. The calculated relation which makes it possible to predict the thermal diffusion factor of hydrogen-containing mixtures of nonpolar gases with a limited body of data on the substance has been obtained. The α T values of mixtures of hydrogen with inert gases, including radon Rn, and with N2, SiH4, and GeH4 in the temperature interval 100–1500 K have been calculated.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 84, No. 1, pp. 38–46, January–February, 2011.
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Shashkov, A.G., Zolotukhina, A.F. & Fokin, L.R. Generalization and calculation of the thermal diffusion factor of binary hydrogen-containing gaseous mixtures. J Eng Phys Thermophy 84, 39–48 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-011-0454-3
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